GLASGOW, Scotland — Addressing his fellow world leaders at the COP26 climate summit, President Biden apologized for former President Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.
Why it matters: Biden is trying to rally more ambitious climate action at the crucial summit in Glasgow, and he elected to acknowledge the elephant in the room — that it’s no sure thing that the only country in the world to withdraw from Paris will be embraced as a moral leader on climate.